Cash and parcel carrier



(No Model.)

D. E. CAMPBELL.

- CASH AND RARGRL CARRIER.

No. 455,273. Patented June 30, 1891.

,l Llglmm ,5 "2 J- I a mgm l. l l l f+ i c l Wrnesses f Tur/uib? jez'UNTED STATES f' PATENT OFFICE DAVID E. CAMPBELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CASHAND PARCEL oARmER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,273, dated J une30, 1891. Application iled February 24, 1891. Serial No. 382,339. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIDE. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash and Parcel`Car riers, of which the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of carrlers in which a car, to whichareceptacle for the cash and memoranda or parcels is attached, travelson a track or wire extending from station tostation; and the object ofmy invention is to provide means, simple in construction andarrangement, for sending the car along its path and for receiving andretaining it at the stations; and the invention consists in the partsand .combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the car, showing its propelling-band inposition; and Fig. 3 a top plan' detail showing the end of the bentlever and its mode of Contact with the depending bar.

A is a hanger or standard, hereinafter called a hang-er, composed of f asuitable number of sections, as a. and a.q In the form shown one end ofsection a takes into a socket a2 on section a', and the other end into asocket as attached to the ceiling. The section a is secured in thesockets by means of set-screws al a4, and preferably has sufficientlongitudinal play therein to aord a means for regulating the length ofthe hanger. A wire B serving as a track is stretched from hanger tohanger, and may be continued beyond the hanger and secured to the wallor ceiling.

C is a car having wheels c and adapted to travel upon the wire. The carhas a receptacle c for cash, memoranda, parcels, 85e., attached in suchmanner that it may be readily removed and replaced. An arm a5 extendsfrom the hanger and has hinged thereto a bar D. I have shown this barcurved inwardly and provided at its lower end with a fork d, throughwhich the car may pass.

E is a spring, preferably an elastic band, secured to the fork. I haveillustrated the prongs of the fork as provided with tubular passagescl', through which the band E may take and in which it may be secured.The

elastic band takes under a lip c2 upon the car and serves as the meansfor propelling it. Av second arm a is attached to the hanger at' asuitable point, preferably below the arm a5, and has pivoted thereto alever F, shown as a bent lever, the end of which has an anti-frictionroller f mounted thereon. A band f eX tends beyond the end of the leverand around the bar D, serving to hold the latter'in place. A rod f2 orsimilar operating device is attached to the outer end of the lever F.Pulling the rod throws the end of the lever F to which the roller f isattached up the incline formed by the curve in the bar and the forkedend of the bar away from the end of the car, around which the elasticband takes, creating tension on the latter for producing the motiveforce to propel the car. This construction gives the car a directforward movement, an equal strain being exerted on either side thereof,and prevents it from rocking. The bar D may be dispensed with and theelastic band E attached to the lever F, but I prefer to use theconstruction shown. Aspring]c3 serves to throw the lever into its normalposition after the rod has been operated. A third arm 0.7 is attached tothe hanger, preferably below the other two, and has pivoted thereto alever G, jointed to a second lever H, pivoted on ablock I, supported onthe wire B. The levers Gr and H, preferably, have the shape ofcranklevers, hinged so as to form a toggle-joint between theirpivotalpoints. The lever H is provided wit-h a catch h, adapted to holdthe car C in place. therefrom a rod f4, taking through an eye in the endof the lever G and provided with a collar f5, adjustably securedthereto. When the lever F is operated it carries with it the rod f4, thecollar on the rod, when properly set, abutting against and actuating thelever G at the appropriate moment, thereby actuating lever H andthrowing the catch h out of engagement with the car, which is then spedon its way by the tension of the elastic band E. A spring g serves toreturn the lever G to its normal position. A suitable 'stop g isprovided to guide the lever Gr in its movement and to limit its throw.

Then a car is received at a station its forward end will pass throughthe fork d, the lip c? taking over the elastic band, which The lever Fhas depending IOO meanwhile has been resting on the wire. The forwardend of the car will next throw the catch 7L into position and strike anelastic .buffer i, attached to the block 'I. To guard against jarringwhen the car reaches a station,

I prefer to so mount the block I that it may move longitudinally uponthe wire B, and to provide a spring-bearing i', which permits the blockI to yield when the` car strikes it and serves to return the block toits normal position. The spring may take around a rod i2, which takesthrough 4and slides in the hanger. The spring t" bears against elasticwashers t3 and 4, and the outer end of the sliding rod 'i2 is providedwith an elastic washer i5.

To insure the fork d remaining in a central position over the wire,Iprovide the section of the hanger to which the arm a5 is attached with abrace a8, taking over that part ot' the wire which extends from thehanger to the wall or ceiling, thereby preventing a turning of thehanger on its axis. p

I claiml. The combination, in a cash and vparcel carrier, of a track, acar adapted to travel thereon, a hanger, an arm extending from thehanger, a bar pivoted to the arm and depending therefrom, a spring forpropelling the car, a catch for holding the car while tension is beingapplied to the spring, a lever the end of which takes against andtravels along the bar, thereby7 throwing the arm outward and applyingtension to the spring, and tripping mechanism for releasing the car fromthe catch, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. rlhe combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a caradapted to travel thereon, a hanger, an arm extending therefrom, a barhinged thereto, a fork at the end of the bar adapted to take over theear, a spring secured to the fork and adapted to engage with the car, acatch for the car, a lever the end of which takes against and travelsalong the bar, thereby throwing the arm outward and applying tension tothe spring, and tripping mechanism for releasing the car, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a caradapted to travel thereon, a spring for propelling the car, a hanger, alever adapted to apply tension to the spring, a second lever, a leverjointed thereto, a catch carried thereby adapted to hold the car whiletension is being applied to the spring, and a rod extending from thetirstl lever adapted to actuate the second lever and throw the catch outof engagement with the ear, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a caradapted to travel thereon, a spring for propelling the car, a hanger, alever adapted to apply tension to the spring, a second lever, a leverjointed thereto, a catch carried thereby adapted to hold the car whiletension is being applied to the spring, a rod extending from the firstlever adapted to actuate the second lever and throw the catch out ofengagement with the ear, and a stop limiting the throw of the lever,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car, aspring, a hanger, a lever for applying tension to the spring, acrank-lever supported by the hanger, a second crank-lever jointedthereto and carrying a catch 'for the car, a rod extending from thetension-lever and adapted to trip one of the crank-levers whereby thecatch is thrown out of engagement with the car, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

G. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track and a caradapted to travel thereon, with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D,hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, thecatch h, the arm a, the lever F, supported thereby, the band f', takingabout the bar D, and tripping mechanism for throwing the catch out ofengageinent with the car, substantially as and for the purposespeciiied.

7. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track anda caradapted to travel thereon, with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D,hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, thecatch 7L, the

'arm as, the lever F, supported thereby, .the

band j, taking about the bar D, theroller f, and tripping mechanism forthrowing the catch out of engagement with the ear, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

S. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track and a caradapt-ed to travel thereon with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D,hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, thecatch 7L, the arm a, the lever F, supported thereby, the band f', takingabout the bar D, the roller f, the spring f3 for returning the lever toits normal position, and tripping mechanism for throwing the catch outof engagement with the car, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

9. The combination,iu a cash and parcel carrier, of a hanger, an armextending therefro1n,a bar hinged to and depending from the arm andprovided with means for propelling a car, a second arm, a lever pivotedthereto for operating the bar, two 'crank-levers hinged between theirpivotal points, one of them carrying a catch for holding the ear, a rodprovided with a collar extending from the iirst lever for tripping thecrank-levers and releasing the car from the catch, and means forreturning the levers to their normal position, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

10. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a caradapted to travel thereon, a sectional hanger supporting the end of thetrack, an arm extending from a IOC IIO

section of the hanger, a bar hinged thereto tension of the track-wire,substantially as and and carrying a fork adapted to take over the oar, aspring secured to the fork and adapted to engage with the oar, anextension of the track-Wire beyond the Lmck, and a brace extending fromthe section of the hanger to which the forked arm is connected to theeX- for the purpose speoied.

DAVID E'.` CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

` AUGUST F. HERBsLEB,

JAMES N. RAMsEY.

